I don't want to be loved (Book II)

Chapter 213: Why Did You Do It (2)

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Jungkook took out the dagger from her stomach. Blood poured everywhere, staining the floor. The Queen Mother let out a pained gasp and collapsed.

Looking at her lying on the floor, impotent, Jungkook simply stared at her with no emotion on his face. He whispered "you and I are the same type of person, mother. We can't forgive anyone who dares take what we desperately want. You wanted the right to the throne and I wanted her. I wanted Lalisa, and you took her from me."

The Queen Mother had not always been blinded by power. On her days as princess, she was brilliant and smart. However, to keep the peace in Arundell, she surrendered her crown to Jungkook. The fact that she could never yield power on her own right ate her from within her mind until she finally went mad.

Jungkook knew that he carried the same madness in him. Once Lalisa died, it all lost meaning. Even when he stared at his hand drenched in his mother's blood, he didn't feel any emotion in particular. It was as though he'd turned into a completely different person overnight.

He know understood. He could understand the Queen Mother's mind, which allowed her to kill off many Chrichton Royal Family members, as well as Lalisa.

They had the same mind. People didn't seem like people anymore. If he needed them, he would not kill them. And if he didn't... did it matter? He could kill off as many people as he liked. They'd all die easily so, what would be the problem?

He should have used this method before.

"Your Majesty..."

Raymond called out for him before entering the room. When he saw the Queen Mother's bloodied corpse, he fell on his knees. However, he quickly came back to his senses and hurriedly closed the door so nobody could see the corpse. This amused Jungkook.

Seeing Jungkook laughing, Raymond felt even more scared.

"Your Majesty, why..."

"Clean it up." Jungkook looked at his mother's corpse with a chilled expression. "The Queen Mother killed off many members of Chrichton's Royal Family and tried to hide it as a contagious disease. She then framed the Queen of secretly selling secrets to Chrichton. I took the decision of executing her for her crimes."

Raymond was shaking with fear at this point. There was no way he could remain calm seeing the bloodied corpse of the Queen Mother and the King who'd just gone mad.

"I'll let everyone know the truth."

Raymond finally came back to his senses.

"...everyone? Who's everyone?"

"Every person on earth. I'll tell them the exact reason why the Queen and Queen Mother died."

Raymond was astonished. "If you do that, there will be war!"

Even though Arundell and Chrichton shared close diplomatic ties, there was no way they'd remain calm once the news of the Queen Mother poisoning their royalty came to light. What's more, the Queen's cousin had recently been named Crown Prince. There was no way Vincent would remain still upon hearing the truth behind Lalisa's death.

"We've worked so hard till now to make sure the Queen Mother's actions remain hidden... you can't. If you do that, Arundell will fall."

Raymond knelt on the ground and pleaded with tears in his eyes. Raymond had always been by Jungkook's side, so he knew how much pain he'd endured up to now. The pain inflicted by both the Queen Mother and the other nobles. Now that he could really behave properly as King, he wanted to let it all burn to the ground.